11-letter words containing c, h
- anchor buoy — a buoy used to indicate the location of an underwater anchor.
- anchor deck — a small forecastle housing the machinery for operating the anchors of a ship.
- anchor ring — a ring made from an iron bar of circular cross-section
- anchor shot — grapple shot.
- anchor span — (on a suspension or cantilever bridge) a span from an anchorage to the nearest pier or tower.
- anchorwoman — The anchorwoman on a television or radio programme, especially a news programme, is the woman who presents it.
- anchorwomen — Plural form of anchorwoman.
- androphilic — Sexually attracted to men.
- androphobic — Exhibiting androphobia; fearful of men.
- anemochores — Plural form of anemochore.
- anencephaly — congenital malformation of the skull with absence of all or part of the brain
- anesthetics — Plural form of anesthetic.
- anglophilic — Alternative capitalization of Anglophilic.
- anglophonic — of or relating to English speakers
- antatrophic — preventing or curing atrophy.
- antechamber — An antechamber is a small room leading into a larger room.
- anthochlore — a yellow pigment found in flowers
- anthocyanin — any of a class of water-soluble glycosidic pigments, esp those responsible for the red and blue colours in flowers. They are closely related to vitamins E and P
- anthomaniac — someone with an extreme fondness for flowers
- anthracitic — Pertaining to, or composed of, anthracite.
- anthracnose — any of several fungus diseases of plants and trees, such as vines and beans, characterized by oval dark depressed spots on the fruit and elsewhere
- anthracosis — a lung disease due to inhalation of coal dust
- anthracotic — the deposition of coal dust in the lungs; asymptomatic pneumoconiosis.
- anthropical — relating to human nature
- anti-choice — opposed to the legal right to obtain an abortion; pro-life
- anti-church — a building for public Christian worship.
- antialcohol — relating to an opposition to alcoholic drink
- anticathode — the target electrode for the stream of electrons in a vacuum tube, esp an X-ray tube
- antichamber — Obsolete form of antechamber.
- antichoicer — someone who opposes the granting of pregnant women the choice to have an abortion
- antichrists — Plural form of antichrist.
- aortic arch — one member of a series of paired curved blood vessels that arise in the embryo from the ventral aorta, pass around the pharynx through the branchial arches, and join with the dorsal aorta to form the great vessels of the head and neck.
- apathetical — having or showing little or no emotion: apathetic behavior.
- aphetically — (linguistics) In an aphetic way: through aphesis.
- aphidicolin — A tetracyclic diterpene antibiotic with antiviral and antimitotical properties.
- aphlogistic — (archaic) flameless.
- aphrodisiac — An aphrodisiac is a food, drink, or drug which is said to make people want to have sex.
- apocynthion — the point at which a spacecraft in lunar orbit is farthest from the moon
- apostrophic — a digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea, as “O Death, where is thy sting?”.
- appalachian — of, from, or relating to the Appalachian Mountains
- apparatchik — An apparatchik is someone who works for a government or a political party and who obeys orders.
- appeachment — an accusation or criminal charge
- approacheth — Archaic third-person singular form of approach.
- approaching — coming closer in time
- arachidonic — related to arachidonic acid or the derivatives of arachidonic acid
- arachis oil — peanut oil.
- arachnoidal — relating to the arachnoid
- arachnology — the study of arachnids
- archaeocyte — (in sponges) a type of amoebocyte capable of developing into other types of cells, especially reproductive cells.
- archaeology — Archaeology is the study of the societies and peoples of the past by examining the remains of their buildings, tools, and other objects.